Lavina Montana Map

About Lavina, Montana

Lavina is a locality in Golden Valley County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 51.9 people per km². Lavina is located at 46.2947°N, 108.9379°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Lavina is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 59046.

Lavina occupies a quiet stretch of high plains where the Musselshell River carves a winding path through the sagebrush and golden grasses. It lies 41.1 miles north-northwest of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 329°T), and is situated 21.6 miles west-southwest of Roundup. The landscape around Lavina feels vast and indifferent, a wide-open expanse where the horizon line stays sharp against a pale, expansive sky. To the west, the distant peaks of the Rocky Mountains appear as faint, jagged bruises against the dusk, while the local terrain remains defined by the low, sun-bleached ridges of Womans Pocket. A few miles away, the surface of Alkali Pond holds the mirror of the sky, reflecting the stillness of a region where the wind often carries the scent of dry earth and approaching weather. Just a mile beyond the main thoroughfare, the Montana State Trust Lands offer a quiet refuge of rugged scrub, where the light at late afternoon turns the hills into shades of bronze and burnt sienna.

History in Lavina remains tied to the steel rails and the resilience of those who built a life against the harsh, drying heat of the plains. The economy here persists through the slow, steady work of agriculture, with cattle grazing on the benchlands and the rhythm of the seasons dictating the pace of the day. Life in Lavina moves with the deliberate patience of a place that understands the weight of distance, where neighbors recognize one another by the dust on their trucks and the turn of their work. While the heavy influence of the railroad once defined the town’s growth, the modern character is shaped by the quiet endurance of families who remain tethered to the land. It is a place of immense, quiet spaces, where the sound of the Musselshell River provides a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the silence of the high plains.

About This Lavina Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lavina, Montana. Coordinates: 46.29468, -108.937935. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Lavina includes the ZIP code (59046), telephone area code (406), county seat of Golden Valley County (Ryegate), and school district assignment (Lavina K-12 Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.